Vapor-condensing apparatus.



J. E. PHILLIPS.

VAPOR CONDENSING'APPARATUS.'

- APPLICATION .FILED'IUNEIi, I9l6.

Patented'Nov; 13, 1917.

To'a ZZ whom it may 6mm.- I Be it known that I, JO HNiE. PHI LIPS, a 1

itiz f a he -.U t d; state r d g a sherinanfinfthe' county ;of Grayson and' State of Texas, have 'invented certain new andy'useful Improvements in Vapor-Q011 .de'ns'in'g' Apparatus, of which the following flis agspecification v This inyention relatesj to condensers for gasandvapor 1n which the action Of QXtGI- na l coolingmeans is, aided by the. appliCii- ,tionof'- liquid to the'vapor orgas and the mixture; of such liquid; therewith; Heret fore such liquid has sometimes been supplled to the interior of the pipesof the ,condense r coils, the normal pressure of v the vapor being ,5 applied to thatend. 5 It isfmuch more efiiea- 'cibns, however, to employ distinct pre: linnnary mixing orc'oohng chamber or'r'e} ceptaole' and to forc'e the liquid into thefsame by' supplemental independent forcing means, a

,; for;example, by a pump, and to arrange the pally in the combination of such a preliminary m xing or coohn'gachamber wltha 'cone vapor inlet 50 that the yapor;will'experi ence the j fullest and most immediate: eifect of the liquid injection onjenteri'ng the .mixing chamber. This invention consists princidenser suppliedfthereby, means for supply: ingi oondensablei. vapor or "gas to] said chaniben and means for adniit ting cooling liquid 7 V ,to' the interior of said "chamber; also in the f' coinbination of means for forcing the cool-: ing f liquid into the, chamber thus supplied" other refrigerating plants which alternately I "Tuse the expansionof liquidammoniaor sonie 'equivalent',,easily yaporiz able liquid to rewitlr'vapor and supplying-[the condenser; alsoin certain deta11s:of.Iconstruchon of i said chamber or receptacleand coopera ing" 1' parts hereinafter more particularly set forth andclaimedf v a i v a v Th s nventlon finds one'of its most tim portant VQPPXIAICQUVOIISJIDQICG; machines and- (hide the temperaturemof; neighboring air, 7 Water or diyers articles and restore the vapor-thus produced to liquld again by some cooling treatment, with inCidentaleornpression, for use over refrigeration vby vaporizat on. But the sa d; invention of course maybe used With"fconden sers' irre-- PBe iYe-L'Qf; any-refrige t ng ir:

- I cuit and for condensing any kind of yapor V or gas susceptible of such treatment. 7

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents diagrammatically part.

Specification of Letters Batent. Pa

'ter pipe 6 above said coils, supplied} pipe '6 and arrangedlto discharge onthe'T' directly or indirectly as; found conyeni or snnn mamrnxash.

of a refrigerating system embodying my in'";,. H "Q hQ i 'g'C lmben be ng shown i i Thi QWJ mi he are? .frigerating coils Land "any other Q element's hich y i n p ed b we he storage.

vertical section.

tan e liquid receptacle and the 'co'lnpresso as irrelevant to the presentinvention FigJ'IQ represents anenlarged vertical"seetional View of thei mixing; cl1an1beIf"-.! id proXirnatepartsf j 1- T) Fig. 3,; a transverse section" on line tentedfiom v Appiicationfikd June 6, 1916;" seri nq i m a ;The yapor oompressorfl. of 'ordinary'con structiom' receives, through "pipe 5, {the X mon a'j yapor frollldlhe refrigerating coils,- I H not shown, and d scharges such apor, cjon'n- Pr sse v i i e p p nt- 1' th app. endof a vertical ,elongated mixing chanib orireceptacle;3,1Where"itiist tounfdergo afpr liminary partial}. condensation by 1 IniXin With liquid beforejpassing to the condens' e whic'h may be joffany convenientf kind, t; s sh w f r e mple? i i$ s sf n I ordinary, standof coilsfof pipe'fsiipported a frame which also sustainsa p'erforatedjva;

said, coils for. cooling thenn thisifrax'ne and .j 1

said condenser the ammonia in liquidfo n1 passes through pipe 8 to the storage or liqiiid receiver. 9,:Whene. it" again passesfby outlet. pipe] 10,. broken" awa'y in the Idraw 's ings,-.to' said.refrigeratingl'coils;not sho Of course when used for other, purposes than refrigeration the outlet'pipe 1Q will, direct or distribute it accordinglyli The receptacle or mixing chamber upright in position, {elongated in 1 form, of i greater dianieteii than the condenser pipe 3 andgthe"otherfpipesoff the apparatusand provided with a series,"-of{-internal annular;

upwardly linelinedl conoidal bafli e lplate'sj f 11;

in ,eontact fivith the ,inner faoe of the Wall of said chamber a'nd supported,thereby, eachfof j which ase plates ;sur;rounds -thecentra11 space of anaemmeeye; receptaclei do -yyn which "spa6"the vapor passes, the saida as p ates. ti to. a d zit gfi wrandsthe ,d

senator the liquid andbausee'ddiesin them, I prol n g the; mix nszaefien o ih xfiflllid? These bafiie plates are 'ai' ranged in a stack orvertical series occu-,

pying about three fourths of the height of said chamber andg leaving an openspace above hem, in which a flaring nozzle 12 is presented upward to direct a flow of liquid ammonia into the entire volume of downwardly flowing vapor at its first entrance into the said chamber. This nozzle is on the end of a pipe 15 through which liquid is driven by some means independent of the pressure of the ammonia. Such means may be a centrifugal pressure pump 14: driven by a motor 15. both conventionally indicated on F g. l of the drawings. The ammonia is supplied to said pump through an inlet pipe 16 which is preferably connected with storage tank or liquid receivcr 9 so as to draw therefrom. confining the operation within one continuous circulating refrigerating system or the like. Of course, however, the liquid might be supplied independently of said tank and the operation of the liquid 20 forcing de ices and the cooling chamber will be unatl'ected by such difference in supply.

The vaporizable and liquefiable material used is herein mentioned, by way of instance, as ammonia, because of its wide employment for refrigerating purposes. If any other vapor be used the liquid applied theeto in the preliminary cooling chamber should ordinarily be of the same kind, wheucesoever derived, though in some instance-s and for some purposes one substance in liquid form may be applied to and mixed with the vapor of another substance actin a cooling agent. But ordiiuirily in closed refrigerating systems and the like and in most other uses the fluid employed will be homogeneous throughout, merely changing from liquid to vaporous i'Orm and back again as needed.

The operation is as follows: The ammonia 40 having been vaporized in acting as a refrigerant is liquefied again by the successive action of the compressor, mixing chamber and condenser, the work of the latter being greatly lessened, facilitated and perfected the preliminary cooling preparation in said mixing chamber. T he liquid for this preliminary cooling preparation is supplied by forcing the liquid ammonia up into the downfiowing vapor of ammonia, as the latter enters said chamber, the cooling action of such liquid being prolonged by the subsequent retention of the liquid and vapor in intimate mixture as they pass down through said chamber, finally reaching the condenser as a partly vaporous mass, which is so largely liquid that the greater part of the condensing action has been effected in advance.

Having thus described my invention, what Copies of this patent may be obtained for I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In comb nation with a condenser for vapor, a preliminary cooling and mixing chamber having a series of annular baliies arranged in its intericr surrounding a central space and occupyin a part of the height of said chamber, a pipe supplying vapor to the space of said chamber above said bailles, a pipe supplying liquid to said space for mixir g with such vapor, and a pipe conducting the mixed vapor and liqu d from said chamber below said batlies to said condenser.

2. In combination with a condenser and a storage tank supplied with licuid thereby, a. miXir g and CW ling chamber, through which vapor pas es to said conde ser, a pipe discharging liquid into said chamber to mix with said vapor, means indepem cut of the pressure oi? such vapor for forcing liquid up through said pipe and a tubular connection from said tank supplying said torcii'ag means and pipe.

0. in combi -lion with a condenser and a storage tank supplied with liquid thereby, a mixing and cooling chamber through which. vapor passes to said condenser, a pipe discharging liquid into said chamber to mix with said 'apor, a flaring-nozzle on the up per end of said pipe presented opposite the intlow of vapor, means independent of the pressure oi? such vapor for forcing liquid 1) tl'irough said pipe, and a tubular connection trom said tanlc supplying said forcing means and pipe.

in combination with a condenser for vanor and a liquid receptacle supplied therea preliminary mixing chamber through "ch the vapor passes to said condenser and means for transferring liquid from said receptacle to said chamber under pressure listinct fro a the pressure of said vapor.

"AL mixing chamber containing a series ind having a passage through n dst ot them, in combination with a :erminal inlet and outlet for thepassage of as or vapor undergoing liquefaction and a iqui l inlet ant means other than the pressaid vapor for forcing liquid through V Vet into said chamber substanset test-irony whereof, I have signed my specification m the presence of ng witnesses.

JOHN ERNST PHILLIPS.

Witnesses H. H. RoUNTRnE,

H. W: linan.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

